04-09-09 Planning Comm. Agenda - Laserfiche WebLink

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• Two wall signs of 432 square feet (Rice Street elevation) and 259 square feet (County Road C elevation), totaling 691 square feet. These signs actually consist of a series of signs spread over the wall. The area calculation is measured as a single imaginary rectangle drawn to include all of the wall signage to comply with the "one sign per wall" requirement. Two freestanding signs. Sign Al on County Road C is 20 feet in height, 78 square feet in area, including an electronic message board. Sign A2 on Rice Street is 24 feet in height, 143 square feet in area, including both CVS identification and tenant signage for the strip center. • A third freestanding sign is also "proposed" -the existing Valvoline sign on Rice Street would remain in place. The Valvoline site is technically on a separate parcel, but is a part of the PUD approved for the Rice at C Center. • Directional and Informational signs as follows: o Three "Drive-Thru Pharmacy" signs, one on each of the 3 faces of the Drive-Thru canopy -partially illuminated individual letters (non-raceway). Each sign is 7.3 square feet. o Also on the Drive-Thru canopy: "Full Service" on the south facing canopy over each of the drive-thru aisles at 2.6 square feet each; and "Exit" on the north facing canopy at .8 square feet. o One "CVS/pharmacy Enter" sign near the drive entry on County Road C at 3 square feet. o Two "Do Not Enter" traffic signs at the north side of the drive-thru area at 2 square feet each. o One drive-thru "Information Plaque" -providing instructions todrive-thru customers on the east-facing wall near the drive-thru window at 12 square feet. o One "Hours of Operation" sign near the front entrance doors on the Rice Street face at 2.4 square feet. o One "Receiving Door" identification sign on the north-facing wall. The total proposed signage for the two wall signs and the two freestanding signs is approximately 912 square feet in area. As noted above, the allowable total signage for these two sign types would be 844 square feet, 68 square feet over the allowance. The application indicates a total request of 967 square feet -this includes the informational/ directional signage which is actually calculated separately from the business signage. There are essentially three categories of departure from the ordinance allowances. These three departures are: 1. Sign area variance of 68 square feet over the maximum allowed. 2. Three freestanding signs, including the Valvoline sign. 3. Informational/Directional signs in excess of four, and exceeding four square feet in area. We had originally understood that the applicant would be seeking a variance to the location of the freestanding sign to be nearer than 40 feet from the intersection -the signage plan indicates that proposed freestanding sign locations will meet the requirements.